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Chances are you had an "abnormal program termination" which left the
MASTER and EMASTER files in read only mode. Restart MetaStock and it
should clear these attributes. Also, if you have MSWin open and try to
update data with a program that is NOT using our file library, then it
will not be able to update the files because the file library has the
MASTER and EMASTER locked.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BJÖRN BOLUMLID [SMTP:bolum@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 8:15 AM
> To: Philip; metastock list
> Subject: SV: Write protection
>
> Hi
> In my case the Metastock write-protect the Master-file and some times
> the
> Emaster-file , to my it seem to be the Metastock that write-protect
> this
> files when Metastock is running , so if you have á shut down of the
> system
> , Metastock can not un-protect the files ( next time you run the
> Metastock
> the prog. ask if you have á abnorm exit , or something like that )
> The tricky thing is that the Explorer do NOT always show the
> write-protect-files that have been left behind in ā crash . The old
> Winfile
> always DO . In Win 95 , look for "Winfile . EXE" ( if not on your HD ,
> you
> have it on the Win 95 CD-disc)
> Run Winfile . EXE , Locate \equis\grains\ , loock for Master-file and
> Emaster-file inside \ grains\ i beliv that you will see an r after
> the
> Master-file , make the file to an arkiv-file . ( mark the Master-fil
> by
> click on it , hitt Alt + Return to open the dialog windov)
> Bee sure that you dont have any of your data-files open by Metastock
> or
> Downloader when you Down-load your data .
>
> Hop it helps
>
> Regards BoL
>
>
> ----------
> > Från: Philip <pschmi02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Till: metastock list <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Ämne: Write protection
> > Datum: den 21 juni 1997 04:00
> >
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > It seems I have inadvertantly write-protected some files. At least
> > that's what my datavendor's software tells me. The files are all in
> a
> > folder call "grains". How can I turn it off, "un" write-protect
> them?
> > I have no idea how this has come about. I've done nothing with
> those
> > files except include them in layouts.
> >
> > At the data vendor's suggestion I went to the DOS prompt and tried:
> >
> > attrib -r \equis\grains\*.*
> >
> > which enabled the update process to go forward (it would stop
> whenever
> > it came to the grains folder). Now, as I try to work with files in
> the
> > "grains" folder, I see that the last few days are missing. All
> other
> > data in my download is being updated successfully.
> >
> > I should mention that under \explorer\grains\file\properties the
> "read
> > only" box is NOT checked.
> >
> > Also, for some inexplicable reason, I have been getting a lot of
> shut
> > downs due to "illegal operations."
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Philip
> >
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